Princess Lessons

Tessa came downstairs all dressed up the other morning. I asked her what she was doing and she replied, "I'm going to teach Gwen how to be a princess." I guess you're never too young to learn:)

Festival of Colors

 Saturday I took Adam to the Krishna temple festival of colors.   There were hundreds of people and just walking on the street to the temple we got pelted with colored "chalk".   

At 1:00 pm they did a countdown and people threw the colors into the air.  The rest of the time though everybody was throwing color on each other and even on random strangers.  It was a lot of fun.

Adam had a bandanna and safety glasses to keep "chalk"out of his mouth and eyes.  He was fine though because it wasn't chalk.  It was more like flour and was soft and very fine.

Since Adam's head wasn't covered with a hat his blonde hair become a favorite target of people around us.  

We each had a different color.  Adam was Green, Katy was Pink, Matt was Purple,  Briette was Yellow and I was Orange

Adam thought it was super cool because he's
normally supposed to stay clean but that day he was
expected to get as messy as possible.  He loved it!   

Adam had color in just about every nook and cranny.  He apparently got pelted real good behind his right ear with some pink.  

This is a pic of us leaving.  It was a surreal scene because to the right there was a long line of  multicolored people leaving and to the left a long line of clean white shirts ready for the next color throwing.

We decided to take my car because it is a beater and I figured the color could only improve it.  

It was a fun day

City Creek!

We (ok, Mommy) has been so excited for City Creek to open in Salt Lake City. It has been exciting to see it come to life over the last 10 years and see how much Salt Lake has changed since Daddy and Mommy were kids. We headed up to Salt Lake Friday afternoon after Adam was finished with school. We were not disappointed! City Creek is beautiful and we had so much fun walking around and checking out all the new sites of downtown.

 Tessa, Daddy, and Adam in front of the big fountain.

 Mommy was excited to see the new Tiffany's store! We didn't think the kids would care, but as soon as Tessa saw those sparkly diamonds, she was mesmerized! She wouldn't leave the store until she had seen everything. I think we might be in trouble!

 We got to see a water show on the fountain.

 The crowds made it feel more like Disneyland. We even waited in a line to get into the Disney store.

 Gwen was a bit traumatized by it all.

 The kids loved the Disney store and got to do some coloring while we were there. 

 As we were leaving we came across this pretty statue. Adam went to stand by it to have his picture taken with it, when it grabbed him and wouldn't let go!! We waited for several minutes while the statue just kept pulling Adam closer and closer. Every time he tried to leave, the statue pulled on him tighter. He thought it was hilarious and laughed SO hard!

Then Tessa got a turn! She liked hanging out with the funny statue.

We had a fun family day and were happy to be apart of Utah history. 

11 Weeks Old

I love watching her sleep! Her hands always make us laugh. She is such a cute baby!!!!

BYU Gymtastics!

Last night we took the kids to see some BYU Gymtastics! (That's what Tessa calls it.) We had so much fun! I am dying to put Tessa into Tumbling, but will probably wait another year. It was fun to cheer for our Cougars and get out as a family. 

 Tessa insisted on taking her pom poms to cheer the gymnasts on.

 We love our BYU football and basketball, but it was fun taking the kids to see my sport. We are super excited for the Olympics this summer!

Adam and Tess were SO happy to find Cosmo! He scooped both of them up and had some fun with them!

Happy St. Patty's Day

We had a pretty mild St. Patrick's Day this year. I just couldn't muster up the energy to do a whole lot for some reason. I only got out like 3 decorations. Pretty lame!

Adam and Tessa did 2 art projects for St. Patty's day. We've done these before, but they are favorites! 

 Showing off their creations

I made them green pancakes for breakfast.

A Leprechaun brought the family some St. Patrick's Day goodies. Tessa loved her hat!

Our good luck charms! Thanks to my friend Kara for Gwen's darling outfit! 

We had our traditional St. Patrick's Day dinner of corned beef and cabbage, plus some other fun green foods.

We made a fruit rainbow for dessert. Tess got the marshmallow clouds.

Tessa went to bed with her hat on and her favorite "helper spoon". She loves to use that spoon when she is helping me in the kitchen. 

The kids are already planning their traps to catch Leprechaun's next year. Hopefully next year I will be a bit more on the ball to help with those traps:)

Our Brave Little Tessa

Tessa had a bad fall on Monday night and suffered a pretty nasty injury involving her girly parts (to put it nicely). After spending a night with her screaming in pain, we went to see the doctor. He got a good look at her and thankfully said it didn't look like anything needed to be repaired. She is VERY swollen and has 2 cuts on two different parts of her tissue. We have her on some pain medication and some medication to help with her urinating. The main concern right now is her not urinating due to the pain and adding additional bladder issues to our already painful problem. She was very happy to see the doctor. She has never been to the doctor except for her well child check up's, so she thinks going to the doctor is fun. She refused to let me look at her injury, but insisted she would let the doctor. She was true to her word and let the doctor do a thorough examination. 

As of now, we are just keeping on top of her pain, trying to get her to pee as much as possible, and keep her resting. I have bribed her with lots of soda, so that makes her happy! Hopefully from all of this, she will learn that sitting on a chair on top of a table is not a good idea.

Happy Birthday Eric!

This past Thursday Eric turned the big 31! We had a small birthday party here at home with the family. The kids helped me decorate the house and I made him a special shrimp dinner. He also got his traditional praline and caramel cheesecake.

 Tess helped me put 31 candles on his cake.

 He got some fun presents! He got a new bike and a water bottle and helmet to go with it. Adam also gave him a football for their backyard games.

 He got all 31 candles!

 On Friday we headed up to my parents house for another party. Eric has been joking for weeks that he is getting  me a new hub cap for my birthday. My siblings beat him to it and picked one up off the side of the road for him. 

 Adam helped Eric read all of his birthday cards.

 He got some new tools.

 On Saturday we took the whole family out for Eric's traditional birthday meal at Tucanos. Adam loved it! Tessa loved the lemonade. Good thing she was free....

Happy Birthday Daddy!! We love you!!
(Gwen at 9 weeks old)